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Need for Speed Rivals

2013 racing video game
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Need for Speed Rivals

Summary

Need for Speed Rivals is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,873 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Need for Speed Rivals received the Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game[3].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's instance of is recorded as video game[4].
  • Need for Speed Rivals was published by Electronic Arts[5].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's genre is racing video game[6].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's developer is recorded as EA Gothenburg[7].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's part of the series is recorded as Need for Speed[8].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's Commons category is recorded as Need for Speed: Rivals[9].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's platform is recorded as PlayStation 4[10].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's platform is recorded as Q13361286[11].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's platform is recorded as Q48263[12].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's platform is recorded as PlayStation 3[13].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[14].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[15].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[16].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's game mode is recorded as co-op mode[17].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as English[18].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as French[19].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[20].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as German[21].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[22].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Brazilian Portuguese[23].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Dutch[24].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Polish[25].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[26].
  • Need for Speed Rivals's language of work or name is recorded as Japanese[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 2013-11-15[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3d717da4-0a7d-4edd-911a-ea7651eca6dd[31]

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Authorship and Creation

Need for Speed Rivals was published by Electronic Arts[5].

Publication

Need for Speed Rivals was released on November 15, 2013[32]. Languages include English[18], French[19], Italian[20], German[21], Spanish[22], and Brazilian Portuguese[23]. Its genre is racing video game[6]. Its part of the series is recorded as Need for Speed[8]. Recorded distribution format include optical disc[33] and digital distribution[34].

Subject and Themes

Need for Speed Rivals's part of the series is recorded as Need for Speed[8].

Reception

Need for Speed Rivals received the Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game[3]. Reviews include 80/100[35], 71%[36], 79/100[37], and 81/100[38].

Why It Matters

Need for Speed Rivals ranks in the top 4% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,873 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Need for Speed Rivals receive?

Honors received include Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game[3].

Related Entities

EA Gothenburg Electronic Arts gamepad Microsoft Windows optical disc PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 36587, 36588, 36672 +2
    Mobygames game id → 62682, 69066, 177739
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P11688]]: 177739, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275231|batch #275231]]"
  2. 8w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 36587, 36588, 36672 +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11063]]: 36587, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142832718|Need for Speed Rivals (#142832718)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'"
  3. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goha.ru id → need-for-speed-rivals
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10437]]: need-for-speed-rivals, adding [[P:P10437|GoHa.ru]] IDs ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/786bbc5c059|details]])"
  4. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Need_for_Speed_Rivals
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38730|batch #38730]]: adding Giant Bomb Wiki game IDs matched via OpenRefine"
  5. 15w ago · Teiron · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publisher → —
    Award received → —
    Takes place in fictional universe → Need for Speed universe
    Distribution format → optical disc, digital distribution
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9877]]: 14144, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/180144459|Need for Speed Rivals (#180144459)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6822|Gry-Online g"
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